Program entity

Piedmont Technical College

Greenwood, South Carolina · Public institution

Address 620 North Emerald Road, Greenwood, SC 29646
Phone (864) 941-8324
Website https://www.ptc.edu/
Tuition (in-state) $4,775
Tuition (out-of-state) $6,923
Welding (CIP 48.0508) completions 133 (latest reported year)
AWS ATF co-located No (No AWS ATF facility found in this city+state in the AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (6.25.2025, 200 domestic facilities) -- not a gap, a computed negative match.)

Program details

What this program covers

Piedmont Technical College's Gas Metal Arc Welding course, listed under continuing education (non-credit) at the Laurens Center Advanced Manufacturing location, runs Aug 17-Dec 10, 2026 on a Monday-Thursday, 3:00-6:00 pm hybrid schedule combining online, virtual, and face-to-face instruction. The course costs $5,000 and requires students to complete online sections and score 80% or better on exams before attending labs. No credit-bearing welding degree or certificate program page was located on the college's site through on-site navigation (areas-of-study, sitemap, and direct path guesses were checked).

Processes taught Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)
Credential types Non-credit continuing education course (no degree/certificate credential stated)
Program length Aug 17, 2026 to Dec 10, 2026 (approx. 4 months)
Schedule Monday-Thursday, 3:00 pm-6:00 pm; hybrid (online, virtual, and face-to-face)
Facilities Location: Laurens Center Advanced Manufacturing

Source: https://www.ptc.edu/, retrieved 2026-08-05

Sources & provenance

Identity IPEDS Directory (HD component) via Urban Institute Education Data API (2023) , retrieved 2026-08-04
Completions IPEDS Completions (C2023_A, NCES bulk file) (2023 (2022-23 academic year)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
Tuition College Scorecard institution-level bulk CSV (Most Recent Cohorts) (most-recent-cohort (exact AY not labeled in bulk file; file release timestamp 2026-06-10)) , retrieved 2026-08-04
Atf AWS ATF Domestic Site Listing PDF (aws-p-001-delivery.sitecorecontenthub.cloud/api/public/content/AWS-ATF-Domestic-Site-Listing), dated 6.25.2025, GET-fetched and parsed with pdftotext; 200 facility records extracted (city+state); co-location = program's city+state matches an ATF facility's city+state (2025 (6.25.2025 listing)) , retrieved 2026-08-04